Rodd Point, New South Wales
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Rodd Point is a small suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 9 kms west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay. The postcode is 2046.
Rodd Point sits on Iron Cove, on the Parramatta River. Rodd Point is surrounded by the suburbs of Five Dock and Russell Lea.
[edit] History
Rodd Point is named after the Rodd family who contributed to the area for almost a century, and includes land bought by Brent Clements Rodd (1809-1898) from the Five Dock Farm estate in 1836. Rodd had a large family of 12 children and many of the local streets are named after members of the Rodd family: Brent, Brisbane, Burnell, Clements, Janet, Lenore, Rodd, Trevanion and Undine. Barnstaple Road takes its name from Barnstaple Manor, Rodd's family home which in turn took its name from his birthplace in Britain.
Rodd Island, adjacent to Rodd Point, is also named after Brent Clements Rodd. During the nineteenth century Rodd Island was used by scientists sent by Louis Pasteur to investigate ways of eradicating rabbits. Since then it has been used as a recreation reserve and is now part of the Sydney Harbour National Park.
In 2005, the "Dobroyd Aquatic Club" building, located on Rodd Point, was burnt down while containing all the boats. The club was insured, but the boats were not covered. Many people are trying to raise funds for the club's members who cannot purchase boats without financial support.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
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Abbotsford | Breakfast Point | Cabarita | Canada Bay | Chiswick | Concord | Concord West | Drummoyne | Five Dock | Liberty Grove | Mortlake | North Strathfield | Rhodes | Rodd Point | Russell Lea | Strathfield | Wareemba |
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